David Christian

Historian

David Christian's presentations place language and communication in a larger context. The Brooklyn-born speaker's ability to make sense of data reflects his experience as a long-time professor at Macquarie University and San Diego State.

A strong academic, David Christian is well-versed in ideas of education and strongly speaks to the idea of "collective learning." Because of his strong Oxford University academic background in history, Christian is an expert in identifying trends of change, and uses these findings to draw conclusions for a better future. His famous world history course, titled 'Big History,' demonstrates the way in which this big thinker is able to communicate his important ideas.

Often suggesting the ways in which history informs the present and projected social futures for civilization, David Christian's presentations contain important and pressing ideas which have huge implications for society.